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United Press International - October 18, 1986
The patient, a Georgian whose identity is being withheld, received a kidney in August from Joseph B. Evans, of Greensboro, in which the antibodies to acquired immune deficiency syndrome were later found.
The organ was removed from Mr. Evans at Bowman Gray-Baptist Hospital in Winston-Salem, Dr. Jim Allen, assistant director of the AIDS program for the Federal Centers for Disease Control in Atlanta, said he thought it was the first time a patient had tested positive for AIDS antibodies after receiving a tainted organ."It does not come as a surprise," he said.
Doctors also transplanted another organ from Mr. Evans, but refused to say where. Bill Glance, a spokesman for Bowman Gray-Baptist Hospital, said the other recipient had been repeatedly tested and shows no signs of AIDS antibodies.
Weekly tests had been performed on the Georgia man since his new kidney was found to contain AIDS antibodies, but this week was the first time he has tested positive, medical officials said Friday.
"The positive test means the patient may be developing antibodies to the AIDS virus," said Toni Baker, a spokeswoman for the Medical College of Georgia in Augusta, where the transplant was performed. She said a more definitive test would be conducted this week.
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